Slightly OT: More Mastro Controversy

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Posted By: davidcycleback

I read the MEARS LOA and it doesn't say the jersey is not Jordan's. It basically says everthing looks okay for a vintage NC shirt, the problem being the name has been changed. It says the name change could have been vintage and it's possible the name could have been changed for non-nefarious reasons-- but, due to the change and lack of information about why/how it was changed or credible provenance tracing it to Jordan (ala LOA from North Carolina equipment official or photo match), they won't call it authentic. The MEARS letter essentially says that there are positive traits to the shirt, but some questions would have to be answered before they called it authentic and, specifically, attribute it to Jordan. MEARS is well aware that if someone was going to fake someone's name on a North Carolina shirt, they'd chose Jordan's (as opposed to, say, Joe Wolf's)-- presumably causing them to cast a careful eye on any shirt that has a change to Jordan.

More specifically, while MEARS won't attribute it to Michael Jordan, their letter does specifically state that the shirt apears to be a vintage NC warmup shirt from the Jordan era.